Thanks to the quirks of inter-library loan, I received To All The Boys I Loved Before and its sequel P.S I Still Love You at the same time. Little did I know; my library was doing me a favor because Han’s sequel works best if the reader consumes it immediately after reading To All The Boys. In fact, I feel like Jennie Han encourages the reader to binge read both books back to back because the events of the second book pick up a mere […]
I Will Sparkle Like a Wealthy Woman’s Neck
CBR bingo entry 3 leads me to my “Birthday” space for Sloane Crosley, who turned 40 August 3rd this year. (And yeah, she was gonna be my “so shiny!” entry but Ken Jennings was born in May and I don’t get that many books hot off the presses because I’m cheap, AND her debut was I Was Told There’d Be Cake, for pete’s sake, so I had to change her to my birthday square. But I still liked how the title works with her tone; […]
Little Women – Revisiting a classic; a comfort read
Little Women – Revisiting a classic; a comfort read Inspired by Emmalita’s post earlier last month, I selected this popular classic as it covers the squares This Old Thing, Throwback Thursday, The Book Was Better, The First of a Series and Birthday! (thank you, Rochelle, this is an excellent choice). I’m using this for the “Birthday!” square. A book I have read at least three-four times in its entirety, revisiting it was a pleasure. A very popular book featuring a heartwarming journey into the lives, […]
In which I parody Kurt Vonnegut to stick it to cancer
CBR 10 Bingo: Birthday – Kurt Vonnegut born November 11, 1922 This is Kim Pendergest, Cannonball Read 10’s reporter on the Afterlife. During yesterday’s controlled near-death experience, I interviewed Kurt Vonnegut and asked him to explain why he decided to write God Bless Dr. Kevorikian. “So what’s the deal?” I asked. “Was this just a cash-grab?” “Not at all,” he said, “I started writing these as 90-second spots for WNYC, the public radio station for New York City.” “Thanks for the exposition, but I know […]
#CBR10Bingo: Birthday – All the Crooked Saints
#CBR10 Bingo: Birthday (Ms Stiefvater’s birthday is November 11th) From Goodreads, because it sums it up nicely: Here is a thing everyone wants: A miracle. Here is a thing everyone fears: What it takes to get one. Any visitor to Bicho Raro, Colorado is likely to find a landscape of dark saints, forbidden love, scientific dreams, miracle-mad owls, estranged affections, one or two orphans, and a sky full of watchful desert stars. At the heart of this place you will find the Soria family, who all […]
Finger. Goldfinger.
Read for CBR10 Bingo: Birthday between August and November. The fictional James Bond’s birthday has been listed in several sources as November 11. I’ve gotten into Anthony Horowitz’s work this past year so when I saw his James Bond book at a used bookstore, I grabbed it. I later discovered it was a direct sequel to Ian Fleming’s Goldfinger. I hadn’t read Fleming for several years but I remembered liking Casino Royale, warts and all, so I decided to pick it up. Ah man. I’m not a James […]
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